Yale, the top-ranked law school since "U.S. News & World Report" magazine began ranking the law schools, offers law students the chance to specialize in media law through its Knight Law and Media program. The program includes courses related to law and media, speakers and events, career counseling and summer internship support, according to the law school's website. The program is open to all Yale Law Students, and no special application is required.
Yale Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
203-432--4992
law.yale.edu
UCLA Law School has one of the largest entertainment and media law centers in the United States, thanks to its prime location in Los Angeles, California. The Entertainment and Media Law and Policy Program offers students specialized courses, semester-long externships with nonprofits such as the Directors Guild of America and the Entertainment Law Review It publishes a law journal two times annually and with which first-, second- and third-year students may participate, according to the law school's website. The law school also hosts the Entertainment Law Symposium, which brings up to 600 entertainment and media law professionals to UCLA's campus each year.
UCLA Law School
Box 951476
Los Angeles, California 90095-1476,
310-825-4841
law.ucla.edu
Fordham Law School, located in the heart of New York City, offers law students a comprehensive media and entertainment law program. The school offers upper-level electives in specialized topics such as First Amendment law and theory and Intellectual Property law, which includes copyright and trademark law, according to Fordham Law School's website. Students can also work on the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal, the number one entertainment and media law journal according to surveys conducted by Washington and Lee University. The journal publishes four times per year.
Fordham Law School
140 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6000
law.fordham.edu